MATH11247 - Foundation Mathematics

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Foundation Mathematics is designed to provide you with foundation concepts, rules and methods of elementary mathematics. The main aim of this unit is to provide the foundations of mathematics, which are necessary to develop a unified body of knowledge. You will apply number and algebra concepts to solve problems. You will select appropriate mathematical methods to investigate and solve problems, and interpret the results. Mathematics will be used as a language to communicate results, concepts and ideas in context. You will document solutions to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 76.47% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.04% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit coordinators observation
Feedback
A portion of students appear to be facing challenges in managing the content covered within the unit.
Recommendation
Reduce the unit topics to focus on fundamental numeracy, algebra and functions only.
Action Taken
The unit was updated and the topics reduced to cover fundamental numeracy, algebra and functions.
Source: Student Unit Feedback
Feedback
Some students have provided feedback that developing solutions for the workbooks is quite time consuming.
Recommendation
Reduce the number of workbook problems that students develop solution for.
Action Taken
The workbook problems required for submission were reduced by approximately 50%.
Source: Discipline Leader (Mathematics and Statistics)
Feedback
Include additional instructional videos to support student learning.
Recommendation
Update the Moodle site to include further instructional videos, as additional supporting resources.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Discipline Leader (Mathematics and Statistics)
Feedback
Enhance lecture resources through topic-specific recordings.
Recommendation
Split the weekly video lectures into individual segmented topics.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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